Written by Metal Messiah
Since the release of RYZEN 3000 series of CPUs last year, AMD has been quite dominant in the CPU mainstream and high-end markets. This has also forced INTEL to re-think their pricing strategy of their current lineup of CPUs.
Competition has never been so good in the CPU market segment, and things are going to heat up again, since AMD has plans to release entry-level budget RYZEN 3 CPUs based on the ZEN 2 architecture.
This move is a direct response to the upcoming Intel Core i3 Comet Lake CPUs which INTEL would be launching sometime later this year.
Leak comes from a renowned Hardware leaker 188? who has dug up some info on this.
Since the launch of AMD MATISSE ZEN 2 CPUs last May, 2019, AMD has skipped on producing QUAD CORE ZEN 2-based CPUs, starting the entire lineup with the RYZEN 5 3500 offering 6 Cores and 6 Threads for the OEM market. This means we never got a successor to the previous generation of Ryzen 3 2000 series CPUs.
These 2000 series ZEN+ based CPUs came in Quad Core SKU variants, with the release of the Ryzen 3 2300X and Ryzen 5 2500X CPUs to the market. Now, AMD again plans to target the sub-$100/$150 market.
Two CPUs have been spotted, the Ryzen 3 3300X and the Ryzen 3 3100. Coming to the specs, both the AMD Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 3 3100 are going to come in 4 core/8 thread flavors, with 18MB of combined (L2+L3) cache, and 65 Watts TDP (thermal design power).
The base and boost CPU clock speeds have not been fully confirmed though. But the leaker claims 4.3 GHz and 3.9 GHz as the speculated clock speeds, which I presume must be the Boost clock value.
Here is one more interesting info, as shared by AdoredTV.
It’s being speculated that both the Ryzen 3 3300X and Ryzen 3 3100 would be featuring a new Mattise 2 CPU die/MCM. These will feature a single die with a SINGLE CCX. The Third-generation Ryzen chips currently come with one or two 7nm (client compute dies (CCDs), but since Quad Core processors don’t require an extra CCX, AMD might go for a completely new design.
As a reminder, the third-generation Ryzen chips each came with one or two 7nm (client compute dies (CCDs). Each CCD contains two AMD CCX (CPU complexes, Core complexes).
Therefore, each CCX contains four processing cores. So when it comes to these new quad core SKUs, AMD could either go for some of the current defective Ryzen 5 3600 CHIPS, and then disable one of the two defective CCXs, or they might go for an entirely new design. AMD might drop the 2+2 core CCX configuration.
In the end, things are going to heat up in the entry-level CPU market later this year.
With the release of upcoming Core i3-10100, i3-10300 and i3-10320 Comet LAKE Desktop CPUs, AMD now plans to target the entry-level budget market by releasing new quad core ZEN2 CPUs.
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An article written by Metal Messiah PogChamp
Why the excessive use of caps lock lol?
Yeah, due to quite a few computer/hardware jargon use though, lol.
Intel isn’t written in caps tho.
Metal Messiah is finally writing articles for the site?
Glad to see it bud!
Nah, not exactly though.
This is a user submitted article. Even you can send one, so that JOHN can look into it. Actually, I’ve been sending frequent suggestions to John via emails regarding new technical/hardware related leaks and rumors.
But john suggested that I can also write my own article and submit it. Though, it would be much better if John writes any article instead. I’m not a tech writer by profession though, Haha ! 😀
I’m sure John has enough articles on his hands and you’ve done a pretty good job with this one! You could definitely write more often for this site, even as a hobby.
Thanks for the kind words, and support man ! It means a lot…
Okay, but I’m myself not 100% sure whether I would be able to submit articles on a daily basis, since I’m too busy these days with indie Metal band promotions and stuff like that..
When it comes to writing articles I lack confidence though, lol, but anyways let us see where this all goes !
Oh of course, daily basis would be too much. Still excited to see where this goes though.
Hey Metal Messiah just wanted to say i appreciate your tech insights, learned a lot from lurking over the years and reading your posts.
respect
Don’t assume everyone is as insecure as you to consider encouragement as “dikk sucking”.
Get off the internet, your boyfriend misses you.
Congrats anyways, Metal Messiah.
users can write articles for years now all you need to do is sumbit one.
Thanks for the article dude
All these years AMD put more cores than necessary in every CPU while no game uses more than 3 or 4 threads. Now that all games use 8+ threads they make 4 core versions of their newest architecture? What’s the logic here? Higher clocked main thread for gaming? Seems like for any other purpose more weaker cores make more sense.
That used to be true, but there are several games now that will utilize up to and beyond 8 cores. It’s one of the reasons they announced a partnership with Bethesda. It’s to help them bring their game engine/s up to par with some of the newer game engines that do truly utilize more than 8 cores.
Who would want to buy such a CPU? Too powerful for office work and not future proof enough for gaming. The Ryzen 4000 series should start with 6/12 processors and up.
Well. I dont think anyone will get it. You can get.a 6 core 12 threds for coins
By the way, budget B550 chipset motherboards are also going to be released this JUNE as posted just now by WCCFTech.
So for anyone looking for a budget entry-level gaming RIG, this year gives them a lot of opportunities to upgrade their systems. FWIW, a quad core CPU is still a reasonable option for a casual 1080p gaming rig, be it Intel or Amd.
Not many games actually benefit from a higher core count CPU, as some rely on the clock speed and number of threads, and depending on the Game’s ENGINE, and how it is coded, a higher core count processor won’t add anything extra to the performance..
I’m still rocking an INTEL i7 4790 CPU (non-K SKU), and paired with an RX 480 GPU, it runs most of the AAA games like a breeze on 1080p/60 Hz. Not on ultra settings though.
I can even play old PC classic games on my current setup. Will upgrade to a higher core count CPU next year. I might be needing a full system overhaul though.
really strange, my i5 8400 and rx580 can do ultra with 50-70 fps.
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Who the hell needs it? I was hopping we slowly move to 6 core minimum era, killing 4 cores on dekstops
6C/12T for $85 or 4C/8T in 2020 and beyond for 120$ you decide what you want but its pretty clear to me.
Plus you have more options for boards with the cheaper option without having to spend $110 on one to get bios flashback just to have it work!
Personally i think these should sell for $60 and replace the older Ryzen 3 chips and compete with Pentium’s.
6C/12T for $85 or 4C/8T in 2020 and beyond for 120$ you decide what you want but its pretty clear to me.
Plus you have more options for boards with the cheaper option without having to spend $110 on one to get bios flashback just to have it work!
Personally i think these should sell for $60 and replace the older Ryzen 3 chips and compete with Pentium’s.
Ryzen 5 3500 is not an OEM market,, retailers in some asian countries are selling it.. idk in USA or europe..